# @_aelle_ on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DHGxVJ1uGud
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63338178-aelle-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-03-12T16:29:52.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dr. Ashley E. Lazarre 🇭🇹 (@_aelle_) — https://gondola.cc/_aelle_

## Caption

Black sisterhood heals 💕

I woke up on Saturday and sat in bed trying to come up with a Women’s Day post but it felt inauthentic to me because I didn’t feel like celebrating this year. Given the current climate we’re in and the nature of my research studying Black women, I simply wanted to sit this one out. 

But I told myself, well you should at least do something today that brings you joy. So I decided to go to Austin to the @fanmdjanm women’s day event. My motivation to go was also to see my PhD friend @thedoc.student who I invited to come along with me to the event. We both met online 3 years ago and we’ve been doing this PhD life together because we realized that we both needed sisterhood in our journey. 

On my way to Austin, I tried to fight the guilt of taking a day off from my dissertation. I didn’t know what to expect from the event but from the moment I walked in until I left I was carried away with joy, laughter, hugs, dancing, and conversations. I realized that what I needed in that very moment was Black sisterhood - being around other women that looks like me, who shares similar values, spending time together, and uplifting one another. I didn’t share with anyone that I had a week from hell but I left reminded that I matter, my research matters and we have plenty of reasons to celebrate. 

Thank you @fanmdjanm for always reminding me that I am magic ✨✨✨

Set: @grass_fields 

#womensmonth #blacksisterhood #sisterhood #styleblogger #fanmdjanm #grassfields

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styleblogger, womensmonth, fanmdjanm, grassfields, sisterhood, blacksisterhood

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